Minnesota (1-7) at Sacramento (3-3)

[Foye]

In the bright side, the Kings played their worst ball tonight while the Timberwolves played "well" and only lose by 9 points?? Without having both Evans and Cousins in the fourth....

Gotta grasp on something you guys...

With that said, the Kings do not deserve the W tonight. They looked awful, flat, horrible any adjective you can describe the Kings performance. And the coaching has been very inconsistent for the most part.

Beasley killed anything that wore the "SACRAMENTO" on their shirt today. Good game for him. And good win for the Wolves overall.

You forgot it was the Timberwolves without Flynn, Ridnour and Webster.

[RIPskaterdude]

I can see that this is going to be a very long season of panic and hysteria for many of the overly emotional posters on here. I might as well not even bother reading any more game threads from here on out...they will all be filled with whining and complaining about how irrational expectations are not being filled or how the coaching staff, who has intimate knowledge of what the roster is capable of, has far less knowledge of how to manage a team than the casual fan who only sees their fantasy expectations.

I'm sorry, but usually when a franchise posts a giant picture of their franchise big man outside for all of Sacramento to see, I would USUALLY expect that big man to play more than 13 minutes a game. I guess that's just me, though.

[PaKwAn]

Something needs to be done. I'm not sure what but lets start with Bill Murray settling in on a consistent rotation. This pulling guys in and out every 2 minutes is ridiculous. Next, see what we can get for Landry or at the very least bring him off the bench. Thompson cant ever get into a rythem coming off the bench then getting yanked after 2 minutes then back in for 2 minutes then back out. Our offense looks disorganized because of all the weird rotations and subs. And start making the damn free throws, is it that freakin hard to make your free throws, do we even practice this?

OMG PW just said we tried everything we could on Beasley, how could he say that when Greene barely played? I am so pissed right now I wanna go to bed but can't sleep.

You know what I love? Greene and Cousins makes a few bad plays, and they're stuck on the bench. But Landry plays like crap, and he continues to start? Huh? Start DJ.

+1 i dont get PW at times.... and again, dally>>>>>landry

[a-rod]

No fancy game thread? .

GF>> fancy game thread

Problem is, we had most of these same group of guys last season, and we have barely seen any change or improvement. Westphal playing an all big lineup with Thompson at small forward is freaking FOOLISH, and will cause us to get lit up on the perimeter.

No one expects playoffs, but the coaching is what is pissing most of us off. You have got to agree with some of that.

After making progress with the young guys. this team took two major steps back mid season last year and this season. I hate to say but i told you so, while some of you guys were gushing over westphal coaching ability. i was not impress. good coaches get the best out of their players, westphal doesn't do that. on the other hand Reggie theus use to get the best out of his players, even a scrub like donate jones use to be productive when he get minutes to play.

Phil Jackson makes more money then all of our players except Sam D isn't that sad. The Maloof need to face music and pay the big bucks. This is not the MLB, if you want a good coach in the NBA you have to pay the big bucks.

[KF10]

You forgot it was the Timberwolves without Flynn, Ridnour and Webster.

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I have to admit, you guys played excellent defense on Evans last night. The Wolves are the only few teams that contained Evans all night offensively. The Wolves literally have everyone on defense focusing on every drives of his. If Evans beat his primary defender, a wall of Wolves players would stop him in his tracks. The Wolves defense on Evans is almost perfect.

This would be the game to watch if other teams want to limit Evans overall.

I remember last year, Portland did the same thing. They had Batum on Evans while Webster is the secondary defender. If Evans manage to get passed the defender(s), there is wall of Aldridge & Przybilla waiting for him. It seemed like the Blazers were playing a variation of the 2-3 zone specifically for Evans.

Evans usually counteract most defensive schemes that teams implement against him but I guess it is one of those nights that Evans did not have the answer (although, he had 9 assists).